Rick Steves Best of England: With Edinburgh

by Rick Steves

Overview

Hit England's can't-miss art, sights, and bites in two weeks or less with Rick Steves Best of England!

• Rick's expert advice on what's worth your time and money
• Short itineraries covering the best of London, Bath, the Cotswolds, Stratford-upon-Avon, Liverpool, the Lake District, and York, including Windsor Castle, Cambridge, Oxford, Stonehenge, and more
• Rick's tips for beating the crowds, skipping lines, and avoiding tourist traps
• The best of local culture, flavors, and haunts, including step-by-step walking tours of world-class museums and atmospheric neighborhoods
• Trip planning strategies like how to link destinations and design your itinerary, what to pack, where to stay, and how to get around
• Over 400 full-color pages with detailed maps and vibrant photos
• Suggestions for side trips and excursions 
• Updated to reflect changes that occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic up to the date of publication

Experience England's Old-World sophistication and modern-day excitement for yourself with Rick Steves Best of England!
 
Planning a longer trip? Rick Steves England is the classic, in-depth guide to exploring the country.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781641715812
Publisher:	Avalon Publishing
Publication date:	02/27/2024
Series:	Rick Steves Travel Guide
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	424
Sales rank:	198,921
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Since 1973, Rick Steves has spent about four months a year exploring Europe. His mission: to empower Americans to have European trips that are fun, affordable, and culturally broadening. Rick produces a best-selling guidebook series, a public television series, and a public radio show, and organizes small-group tours that take over 30,000 travelers to Europe annually. He does all of this with the help of more than 100 well-traveled staff members at Rick Steves' Europe in Edmonds, WA (near Seattle). When not on the road, Rick is active in his church and with advocacy groups focused on economic and social justice, drug policy reform, and ending hunger. To recharge, Rick plays piano, relaxes at his family cabin in the Cascade Mountains, and spends time with his son Andy, daughter Jackie, and his grandson...baby Atlas. Find out more about Rick at www.ricksteves.com and on Facebook.

Connect with Rick:
facebook.com/RickSteves
twitter: @RickSteves
instagram: ricksteveseurope

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

The Best of England 8

Travel Smart 24

South England

London 33

London in 4 Days 34

Orientation 35

Westminster Walk 44

Sights 47

Experiences 98

Sleeping 105

Eating 111

Transportation 118

Near London:

Windsor Castle & Stonehenge 133

Bath 143

Bath in 2 Days 144

Orientation 145

Sights 150

Experiences 159

Sleeping 161

Eating 162

Transportation 167

Near Bath: Glastonbury & Wells 169

Central England

The Cotswolds 177

The Cotswolds in 2 Days 178

Chipping Campden 186

Near Chipping Campden 193

Stow-on-the-Wold 198

Near Stow-on-the-Wold 206

Moreton-in-Marsh 210

Best of the Rest

Oxford 213

Blenheim Palace 221

Stratford-upon-Avon 223

Warwick Castle 231

North England

The Lake District 237

The Lake District in 2 Days 238

Keswick & the North Lake District 239

Ullswater Lake Area 258

South Lake District 259

Transportation 265

York 269

York in 2 Days 270

Orientation 272

York Walk 273

Sights 279

Experiences 290

Sleeping 291

Eating 296

Transportation 300

Best of the Rest

Liverpool 302

Durham 308

Hadrian's Wall 314

Scotland

Edinburgh 321

Edinburgh in 2 Days 322

Orientation 323

Edinburgh Walks 329

Sights 342

Experiences 361

Sleeping 366

Eating 372

Transportation 377

Britain: Past & Present 380

Practicalities 386

Tourist Information 386

Help! 386

Travel Tips 387

Money 387

Sightseeing 390

Sleeping 391

Eating 396

Staying Connected 400

Transportation 401

Holidays & Festivals 413

Conversions & Climate 414

Packing Checklist 415

Index 416

Map Index 427

Editorial Reviews

"The country's foremost expert in European travel for Americans."—Forbes

"Steves is an absolute master at unlocking the hidden gems of the world's greatest cities, towns, and monuments."—USA Today

“Every country-specific travel guidebook from the Rick Steves publishing empire can be counted upon for clear organization, specificity and timeliness."—Society of American Travel Writers

"Pick the best accommodations and restaurants from Rick Steves…and a traveler searching for good values will seldom go wrong or be blindsided."—NBC News

"His guidebooks are approachable, silly, and even subtly provocative in their insistence that Americans show respect for the people and places they are visiting and not the other way around."—The New Yorker

"Travel, to Steves, is not some frivolous luxury—it is an engine for improving humankind, for connecting people and removing their prejudices, for knocking distant cultures together to make unlikely sparks of joy and insight. Given that millions of people have encountered the work of Steves over the last 40 years, on TV or online or in his guidebooks, and that they have carried those lessons to untold other millions of people, it is fair to say that his life’s work has had a real effect on the collective life of our planet."—The New York Times Magazine

"[Rick Steves] laces his guides with short and vivid histories and a scholar's appreciation for Renaissance art yet knows the best place to start an early tapas crawl in Madrid if you have kids. His clear, hand-drawn maps are Pentagon-worthy; his hints about how to go directly to the best stuff at the Uffizi, avoid the crowds at Versailles and save money everywhere are guilt-free."—TIME Magazine

"Steves is a walking, talking European encyclopedia who yearns to inspire Americans to venture 'beyond Orlando.'"—Forbes

“…he’s become the unofficial guide for entire generations of North American travelers, beloved for his earnest attitude and dad jeans."—Outside Magazine

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